Father's Day fund-raiser

Meercroft Auxiliary members Glad Mace and treasurer Maureen Gardiner prepare for the Father's Day raffle.

MAKING the lives of the residents at Meercroft Care more comfortable is the main aim of the Meercroft Auxiliary.

The dedicated ladies volunteer their time to raise funds to buy equipment to achieve this goal.

Their most recent fund-raiser is their Father's Day raffle, which members of the auxiliary have been selling tickets for during the past couple of weeks in the Kmart foyer in Devonport.

Meercroft Auxiliary president Sandy Amos said all the funds raised will go straight to the residents.

"We have asked Meercroft for a wishlist and we will decide off that wishlist at our next meeting what we are going to buy but we are going to buy necessary equipment for the residents," she said.

"For the prizes we've got a golf bag donated by Ron Garwood at the Fourways, we've got a basket of goodies donated by Kmart, we've got a $50 voucher for Woolworths to be spent on whatever they want and we've got a handmade clown which is beautiful, everybody wants to win that."

The ladies will be selling the raffle tickets until Friday, August 29.

They are also hosting a special Father's Day morning tea on Tuesday, September 2 to hand over the cheque of funds raised.

"We have trade tables, farmers have donated all the vegetables for our trade tables so there will be lots of fruit and vegetables, mushrooms and juices, we'll have a chocolate wheel with bottles of wine donated as prizes," Mrs Amos said.

"The spread will be everything from sausage rolls to sandwiches to cakes to biscuits, all sorts of homemade cooking."

She said all members of the community are welcome to attend the special morning tea, which will include a bus for residents of Meercroft Care.

The event will begin at 10am on Tuesday, September 2 at the Devonport City Soccer Club, on the corner of Lovett and Lawrence streets, Devonport.